NSConference is a conference for app-makers for the Apple Platforms. It’s attended by developers, designers and entrepreneurs and is a single track conference over 3 days with a wide variety of sessions covering technical topics; design; business; inspiration and more. To see the breadth of topics covered, you can see talks from our previous conferences here http://vimeo.com/nsconf/videos. But it’s not …

Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you’re an expert developer or just getting started. Meet other Leicester developers using Meteor via the new Meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/Meteor-Leicester/

Growth Accelerator are offering a free 1:1 interactive surgery for any company based in the East Midlands, which wishes to gain a better understanding of its options for raising finance to support business growth. When: February 11, 2015 from 14:00 to 17:00 Where: Grant Thornton, Regent House, 80 Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7NH Details and Bookings: http://www.ga.businessgrowthservice.greatbusiness.gov.uk/events/access-to-finance-investment-surgery-2/

Learn how to use Lean Start-Up techniques to test your business idea quickly and cheaply, at our next Business Start-Up Café networking session Tues 17 Feb 5-7pm. For our first Start-Up Café of 2015 we’ll be joined by Software Technologist, serial Tech coFounder, and Lean Startup Practitioner, Paul Muston who will share his experience of adopting lean start-up techniques to get …

Description: Ever had a great idea for a web, app or tech startup business but not had the time, experience or connections to bring it to life? This weekend-long event is dedicated to team building, expert mentoring, networking and pitching to help you turn your business idea into a ready-to-launch startup. <span>Take the next step towards startup success andbook your place now! </span><a href="https://sialaunchpadmarch18.eventbrite.co.uk/">https://sialaunchpadmarch18.eventbrite.co.uk</a&gt;

Description: Join us at our next ‘Free Cake Friday’ at the Leicester Innovation Hub. Free Cake Fridays provide an excellent opportunity to network with our innovation team, enterprising academics, amazing local companies, recent graduate start-ups and regional business & innovation support organisations such as Innovate UK and the LLEP.

You are welcome to drop in anytime between 10:00 and 16:00 on the last Friday of every month to discuss your innovation ideas, identify routes to support or just simply to talk to like-minded individuals.